Jobs program

Putting (felonious) Americans to work

Cornelius Osborne may not seem like baby-sitting material.

He was convicted of raping two women. A succession of felonies, from robbery to failing to register as a sex offender, repeatedly sent him to prison, state records show.

But over more than two years, the state paid Osborne nearly $5,000 to baby-sit two children, before his latest conviction — for dealing drugs — put him back behind bars.

So, how much of OUR money is wasted on this program that, as with most Progressive Liberal programs, was created with good intentions, but was not followed through on proper execution.

Osborne, of Chicago, wasn't the only sex offender paid by taxpayers to baby-sit, according to a Tribune investigation that found cases of convicted rapists, molesters and other violent felons given access to children over the past decade. The money comes from a $750 million-a-year program that subsidizes child care for more than 150,000 impoverished Illinois families.

750 Million pissed away so that some liberal can feel good about themselves. I have always found it interesting that when traditional Americans and Conservatives see an issue of "suffering" they try and raise money through charity or do something with their own money. When a Liberal progressive sees "suffering" they lobby the Government to take money from everyone and fund it. THAT is not Democracy, that is Fascism, and Socialism at its most base form.
I personally believe that if you have it to give, you should give, VOLUNTARILY, and to whom you want to give the money to, not be forced at the barrel of the gun to give to someone else's pet project. The biggest issue is that the system we have created rewards bad decisions and poor behavior. Have kids you can't support? Here is some money. Can't afford rent AND beer? Here is some money to free up your cash for smokes, beer, drugs, clubbing, cars, big screen TV's, and cel phones.